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Haber Process. Fritz Haber. The Haber Process is used to make ammonia, NH 3 :. 3 H 2 (g) + N 2 (g) ↔ 2 NH 3 (g) + heat. Ammonia ranks in the top five of all chemicals in terms of total mass produced. It is used to make fertilizer and explosives (e.g.- TNT) . .
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Haber Process Fritz Haber The Haber Process is used to make ammonia, NH3: 3 H2(g) + N2 (g) ↔ 2 NH3(g) + heat Ammonia ranks in the top five of all chemicals in terms of total mass produced. It is used to make fertilizer and explosives (e.g.- TNT).
Even though the Haber process has a very large Kc (5 X 108), the reaction rate is virtually zero at room temperature and pressure. How did Haber maximize the yield rate of production AND yield of ammonia? http://www.freezeray.com/flashFiles/ammoniaConditions.htm
Fritz Haber was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918, but the award was contested because Haber made it possible for Germany to use mustard gas as a weapon during WWI. Fritz Haber explaining the benefits of poison gas.
Haber was forced to leave Germany in 1933 because of Nazi persecution of persons of Jewish ethnicity.